2012
SJ8397 : Night View from Cloud 23
taken 14 years ago, near to Rusholme, Manchester, England
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Night View from Cloud 23
Looking towards the south west of the city from "Cloud 23", the bar on the 23rd floor of the Beetham Tower (Hilton Hotel SJ8397 : Beetham Tower). The Bridgewater Canal, near to Castlefield Basin, is in the foreground. Behind, is the A56, Chester Road, one of the main arterial routes into and out of the city, heading towards Old Trafford.
See other images of Views from the Beetham Tower
The A56
The A56 is an important regional road across northwest England, and one of the two major roads through the city of Manchester (the other being the A6). It runs for 81 miles between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire via a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections.
The road was once a trunk route from Chester as far as Burnley but now, only the short dual carriageway section between the M66 and M65 remains a designated as trunk route, and the road has largely been superseded by the faster A51/A54/A556 (and later the M56), and the M66/M65.
More details about the route at LinkSABRE Wiki
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- Grid Square
- SJ8397, 2921 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Dixon (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 2 July, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 7 July, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SJ 8315 9737 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.3673N 2:15.3193W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SJ 8344 9764
- View Direction
- Southwest (about 225 degrees)
